Select “email only” backup and it saves a copy in hosting

@rayuela1

Are you actually receiving a backup email with a backup file attached to it ?

Yes, I received 2 emails (the same one) and also it downloaded it locally in my hosting, what I don’t want. Just email ??

@rayuela1

Ok, I see. Do note that in order for the backup file to be emailed it needs to be created first.
So it looks like the backup file is not removed\deleted after sending the email.
Is it a .zip or a .sql file ? And what is the size of the file ?

The duplicate emails issue can easily be fixed by tweaking the iTSec plugin configuration.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by pronl.

Thank you Pronl…

It creates a lot of SQL files and their ZIP files (but these ones are 0 KB).
Here is a link of the print page of those files.

And as you said, they stay in my hosting and don’t get deleted!

@rayuela1

Ah right. That explains. The database backup(s) seem to be failing. Those .zip files with 0 bytes is an indication there is a problem with zipping the .sql backup file.

And due to a known bug the iTSec plugin sends an email even though the database backup creation process is failing to complete the zipping step. And because it fails it will retry over and over again …
Ultimately resulting in using up all diskspace on your hosting.

And the solution isssss…..???? hahaha

I chose this plugin as an alternative of Wordfence… but if there is some problem here I go back to wordfence

@rayuela1

Every plugin has issues …
Luckily most of them can be resolved.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by pronl.

I think that as it is not your plugin and you are not going to feel bad about it, I will install Wordfence again. Hehe. I had only one problem with them and it’s that I think they are “too much information I don’t understand”. That’s why I tried to change to a little bit more “basic wordfence”.

Regards and thanks for your help!